Lubricator



(No Model.)

JANDA. LUBRIGATOR.

Patented Aug. 6, 1895.

NITED STATE s PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES JANDA, or KORBEL, CALIFORNIA.

LUBRICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,040, dated August 6, 1895.

Application filed May 13, 1895. Serial No. 549,174- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES JANDA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Korbel, county of Humboldt, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Lubricators and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to that class of lubricators especially adapted for the oiling of moving bearings, such as cranks, in which a suitable wiper in communication or connection with the bearing or journal is mounted upon the connecting-rod or moving part, and is adapted, as it moves past the outlet of a drip-cup, to wipe off or receive the drop of oil therefrom and convey it to the part to be oiled.

My invention consists in the novel construction of the wiper or oil-conveying portion of the lubricator, which I shall hereinafter fully describe and specifically claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a lubricator which will not throw and Waste oil, as is common with ordinary wipers on high-speed engines, but will carry all the oil on its wick to the bearing, and is especially adapted for center crank engines whose cranks are hard to oil.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the wiper portion of my lubricator. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the lubricator,'showing it applied to a connecting-rod.

A is the connecting-rod of a center-crank steam-engine, the bearing of said rod with the crank 13 being the part to be lubricated.

The wiper consists of a curved cup or vessel 0, having closed ends and throughout the whole length of its top an open portion or slot 0, through which is exposed the absorbent material or wick D contained within the cup or vessel. This cup or vessel is supported at one end by a leg 0', which is fastened by a screw 0 to the connecting-rod, and at its other end it is supported by the tube E, which communicates with it and extends down to and communicates with the opening in the connecting-rod leading to the bearing or journal to be coiled. The absorbent material or wicking D also extends down into this tube to its of the engine describes, in order to enable the discharge-tube fof the stationary drip-cup F to enter the-vessel or cup 0 through its top opening and 'to touch the absorbent material therein, whereby the drop of oil from the dripcup is wiped off and is carried by the absorbent material to the bearing. Also one end of the cup or vessel 0 is raised higher than the other end to enable the oil to flow with more facility to the bearing, and also to adjust the curve of the tube of the drip-cup.

In the drawings, the key ct is in the end of the connecting-rod, and in this case the end of the wiper-vessel or cup 0 is raised sufficiently to clear the rod-key. The device can, however, be put just as well on a connecting-rodwith the key on the other side of the brasses, and in keying up an engine the screw c can be taken out of the leg of the cup 0 and the latter given a quarter-turn and it will be out of the way.

It is immaterial, as far as the operation of the lubricator is concerned, in which direction the engine revolves.

Any kind of a drip-cup can be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a lubricator for the bearing or journal of a moving part, and in combination with a suitable fixed drip cup having a discharge tube, a wiper cup or vessel secured to the moving part and having a tube or pipe in communication with the bearing or journal to be oiled, said cup or vessel having an open top and containing absorbent material leading to the hearing or journal and adapted to be reached by the discharge tube of the drip cup through the open top of said wiper cup or vessel whereby the oil is taken from the drip cup by the absorbent material and conveyed to the bearing, and said cup or vessel being curved in the direction of its length on an are having a radius greater than the radius of the circle described by the moving part, the journal of which is to-be lubricated.

2. In a lubricator for the bearing or journal Ico of a moving part, and in combination with a suitable fixed drip cup having a discharge tube, a wiper cup or vessel secured to the moving part and having a tube or pipe in communication with the bearing or journal to be oiled, said cup or vessel having an open top and containing absorbent material leading to the bearing or journal and adapted to be reached by the discharge tube of the drip cup through the open top of said wiper cup or vessel, whereby the oil is taken from the drip cup by the absorbent material and conveyed to the bearing, and said cup or vessel being curved in the direction of its length on an are having a radius greater than the radius of the circle described by the moving part, the j0urnal of which is to be lubricated, and having also one end higher than the end from which its tube or pipe leads to the journal bearing.

3. A lubricator for the bearings or journals of moving parts, consisting of a stationary oil cup havinga drip tube discharge, and an open topped cup or vessel curved in the direction of its length on an are having a radius greater than the radius of the circle described bythe moving part, and having within it and exposed to the discharge tube of the drip cup through its open top an absorbent material, a leg or standard by which one end of the cup or vessel is supported in a higher plane than the opposite end, and an outlet tube from the other end of said cup or vessel communicating with the bearing to be lubricated and having the absorbent material extending down therein.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES JANDA.

Witnesses:

Borer. STOCK, E. 'l. SULLIVAN. 

